Biometric signals, like blood pressure, heart rate, gait, posture and so on, enclose a wealth of information related to the person and his/her mental and physical conditions. The objective of this research topic is to extract this information and use it for different purposes, such as subject identification, early risk detection of health problems, and so on.

Microfluidic systems are currently used in the form of Lab-on-chip (LoC) in the medical and biomedical domains to realize a number of processes, from DNA analysis to cellular synthesis. This research topic aims at developing purely hydrodynamic modules to interconnect microfluidics LoCs in more complex networks and to study the possibility of using this technology to carry information.